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I also have imposter syndrome, but of a different kind. I also grew up poor. The section of NYC that I grew up in still has not experienced gentrification in 20
by donretag 11y ago
I also have imposter syndrome, but of a different kind. I also grew up poor. The section of NYC that I grew up in still has not experienced gentrification in 2016! Yes, that poor. Five people in two bedroom apartment. Everyone working to make ends meet.
Nowadays, I am rich. Perhaps not millionaire rich, but I live very comfortably. I have no need to balance my checkbook. That said, I feel like I do not belong. I should be driving luxury cars and living care free, but I do not. Feel like everything can be taken away from me. What have I done to have all this money?
- burritofanatic 11y agoIs it East New York?
- donretag 11y agoI do not say that I lived in a bad neighborhood! :) Then again, everywhere was bad in the '70s and '80s, especially during the crack epidemic. Just a very immigrant community. My family was the token white family on the block (but also immigrants). Not sure if any white people live there now, but there might be a few. By white people, I mean gentrifiers in poorer marginalized neighborhoods. And by gentrification, I mean Starbucks and nannies pushing strollers.